Cummins and California University to research second life applications of EV batteries
By Jim Gibbins - 1st September 2019
USA - Cummins Inc of Columbus, Indiana has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and its battery validation lab to analyse viable business and technical approaches for the effective reuse and repurposing of electric vehicle batteries.
Under the agreement, UC San Diego is to perform accelerated testing and real-world application testing. It will develop an outdoor second-life demonstration system comprised of Cummins battery modules. The collaboration will enable Cummins to acquire valuable data on the ageing behaviour of its battery modules, test integration solutions for second-life battery systems, and validate stationary energy storage system performance under grid energy storage applications.
